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Tanglewilde Park

Tanglewilde Park from directly overhead

Tanglewilde Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Wolf Hill stands 52 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sneed Spark Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 6.6 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1966
Elevation
23 m

What to expect

Operated by
Houston Parks and Recreation Department

How to reach it

Coordinates29.72418, -95.53713

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Sculpture Park: 3.4 mi
  • The Waterwall: 4.6 mi
  • Human Ingenuity: 4.8 mi
  • WAIS: 4.8 mi
Gardens
  • Commuinty Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Yellow Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Wilchester Legacy Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Texas Interfaith Peace Garden: 4.9 mi
Museums: 59
Attractions: 30
  • Memorial Villages Farmers Market: 4.3 mi
  • Texas knife makers supply: 5.4 mi
  • Copper Statue: 6.7 mi
  • Boardwalk Overlook: 7.0 mi
  • Wetland Boardwalk: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Nature reserves: 11
Peaks: 5
  • Oak Hill: 13.6 mi
  • Wolf Hill: 20.9 mi
  • Seabourne Creek Park Hill: 21.2 mi
  • Huntington Mound: 21.3 mi
  • Pool Hill: 24.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Riordan's Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Beauchamp Spring: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Cinco Ranch Beach Club: 13.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tanglewilde Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wolf HillNW 305°52 m20.9 mi
Pool HillW 264°40 m24.7 mi
Huntington MoundWSW 252°35 m21.3 mi
Oak HillWSW 252°29 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0219:34
June solstice06:2319:5120:26
September equinox07:1118:4919:20
December solstice07:1416:5217:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545864707783858581736355
Precip in3.93.03.63.64.35.73.85.05.35.24.43.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sugar Land, 10 mi away.

  • Brown Anole110 obs
  • Green Anole55 obs
  • Western Honey Bee43 obs
  • Three-toed Box Turtle31 obs
  • Gulf Coast Toad30 obs
  • House Sparrow28 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle27 obs
  • White-winged Dove24 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/147080390

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